Oncomide Injection side effects

How to use Oncomide Injection

Your doctor or nurse will give you this medicine. Kindly do not self administer.

How Oncomide Injection works

Oncomide 500 mg Injection is an anti-cancer medication with immunosuppressive property. In cancer, it works by damaging the genetic material (DNA and RNA) of the cancer cells, thereby stopping their growth and multiplication.

Oncomide Injection related warnings

Alcohol

Interaction with alcohol is unknown. Please consult your doctor.

Pregnancy

WEIGH RISKS VS BENEFITS

Oncomide 500 mg Injection is unsafe to use during pregnancy.There is positive evidence of human fetal risk, but the benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk, for example in life-threatening situations. Please consult your doctor.

Lactation

UNSAFE

Oncomide 500 mg Injection is unsafe to use during lactation.
Data suggests that the drug may cause toxicity to the baby, or the mother is suffering from a condition in which breastfeeding is not advisable.

Driving

Do not drive unless you are feeling well.Oncomide 500 mg Injection may cause undesirable effects (e.g., dizziness, blurred vision, visual impairment) which could affect the ability to drive.

Kidney

Oncomide 500 mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with severe kidney disease. Dose adjustment of Oncomide 500 mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.

Liver

CAUTION

Oncomide 500 mg Injection should be used with caution in patients with liver disease. Dose adjustment of Oncomide 500 mg Injection may be needed. Please consult your doctor.

Alternate Brands

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Interaction with Drugs

Taking Oncomide with any of the following medicines can modify the effect of either of them and cause some undesirable side effects

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FAQs

It is toxic to cancer cells and interferes with the cell's DNA synthesis, thus slowing down or stopping its growth and multiplication (cytotoxic effect)

Q. Is Oncomide prodrug?

Yes. Oncomide is administered in the inactive form (prodrug) and gets converted to active form which has anti-cancer properties

Q. Does Oncomide have a boxed warning?

No. Oncomide does not have any specific boxed warning. Please discuss with your doctor about all the possible side effects and warnings relating to use of Oncomide

Q. Does Oncomide come in liquid form?

No. Oncomide comes in a dry powder form that be reconstituted to make a solution for injection or oral liquid as directed

Q. Is Oncomide a cytotoxic drug?

Yes. Oncomide is chemotherapy and a cytotoxic drug used in the treatment of various cancers

Q. Is Oncomide an antimetabolite/ steroid/ anthracycline?

No. Oncomide is an alkylating agent used in the treatment of various cancers. It is not an antimetabolite or anthracycline type of anti-cancer drug. It has a structure and effects different from steroids

Q. Is Oncomide a vesicant?

Oncomide is an irritant and can cause tissue inflammation at site of injection if its oozes out of the vein

Yes. Hair loss (alopecia), infertility (in men and women), low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), headaches and inflammation of the urinary bladder (hemorrhagic cystitis) are among the known common side effects of Oncomide use

Q. Is Oncomide removed by plasma exchange?

Oncomide is unlikely to be removed by plasma exchange since a very low percentage of drug is bound to proteins in the plasma.